There used to be a spot in the Times Square subway station where dance crews used to set up and perform for the tourists. It’s right as you get off the Shuttle train to Grand Central. Now, an electronics store is there instead, but they still draw a crowd because a famous fight is always playing on the flat screen TV in their display window. The first couple of times I noticed a crowd huddled around, the Ali-Forman fight* was playing.

Nothing brings men together like a fight.

Last weekend, I saw them playing the great Hagler-Hearns bout. One guy watching served as the commentator.

I remember seeing the fight when I was a kid, and being electrified by the fury of violence. Here it is, brief, savage, and bloody: